Keywords: Hair work
Item 110548
Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair
Item 110546
Taber family mourning hairwork bracelet, Bristol, ca. 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Bristol Media: hair, gold, onyx
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"… Peacock’s bought my dress and my shoes and had my hair done. They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"… who “managed to grasp Miriam Kelley...by the hair just as she was going under. The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M."
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
